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The EEIC made it compulsory for every sepoy to serve overseas whenever required in..​

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The General Service Enlistment Act of 1856 was introduced by Charles Canning in 1856. It required every Indian soldier to go overseas for deployment if required.

It contained the provision that mandated soldiers or recruits of the Bengal Army to serve within or outside India when ordered and it meant that they were to sent overseas and sea voyages to serve.

The Brahmin soldiers saw in it slander to their caste. According to an accepted belief, it was considered a taboo for a Brahmin to cross, the seas. This Act disregarded the feelings of the Indian troops, which led to a feeling of resentment among them.

The Act entailed that every unit of the Bengal Army was accountable for servings overseas if asked to do so. Though this was applicable to only the new recruits of the Bengal Army, the older recruits feared that they too would be asked to do so and hence they resented

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